Converged systems market revenue fell 1.4 percent to $3.09 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016 and grew 5.8 percent to $11.3 billion in 2016, said IDC.
The converged systems market consumed 1.6 exabytes (+4 percent) of new storage capacity during the quarter.
“We are seeing strong growth from products with new architectures, increased levels of automation, and heavy use of software-defined technologies. This growth has been offset by reduced spending on traditional converged systems and a conscious decision by some vendors to terminate some parts of their product portfolio,” said Eric Sheppard, research director, Enterprise Storage & Converged Systems at IDC.
Q4 2016
The combined integrated infrastructure and certified reference systems market generated revenues of $1.57 billion (–15.7 percent), representing 50.8 percent of the total market.
Dell Technologies was the largest supplier of this combined integrated infrastructure and certified reference systems market segment with $705.1 million in sales, or 44.9 percent share of the market segment.
Cisco / NetApp was the second largest supplier in the combined integrated infrastructure and certified reference systems market with 31 percent share.
HPE has 14.6 percent share in the global combined integrated infrastructure and certified reference systems market in Q4 2016.
Integrated Platform sale was $823.5 million (+8.6 percent), representing 26.6 percent of the total market revenue.
Oracle was the top-ranked supplier of Integrated Platforms, generating revenues of $406.9 million and capturing a 49.4 percent share of Integrated Platforms market.
IBM and HPE have 8.5 percent share each in the global Integrated Platforms market, according to IDC.
Hyperconverged sale was $697.4 million (+87.3 percent), representing 22.6 percent of the total market value.
